How hackers break in: the most common attacks on people, websites and apps
DDoS attacks: how a website goes down when nobody breaks in
No password is stolen. No file is touched. But the website stops working for every customer. What is a DDoS attack, and who are the thousands of "visitors"? In 2016, one DDoS attack made Twitter and Netflix hard to reach for many people.
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It is the day before the holidays, the busiest day of Miva's year. Everyone wants a candle as a gift, and the orders come in one after another.
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Then it stops. You try to buy a candle, and the page never loads. Miva checks everything: every way in is still locked, no file is touched, nothing is stolen. Yet her shop is gone for everyone.
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